Seeing Shen Quan's expression of admiration but also his expression a little weird, Kong Jie couldn't help but curse:
"I know what your kid is thinking. You think your captain is too thoughtful, right?"
Chen Quan shook his head quickly, "No, no, captain, it's absolutely nothing."
But the look on his face still betrayed Shen Quan's inner thoughts.
Kong Jie thought for a while and said: "Second Battalion Commander, let me ask you, how many soldiers did your Second Battalion have more than half a year ago?"
Chen Quan said: "Report to the leader, there are three hundred and thirty-five people."
"What now?"
"Captain, don't mention it. There are almost 500 people now."
"There are more troops. This is a good thing. Why do I think you still have a sad face?" Kong Jie asked pretending to be confused.
Chen Quan smiled bitterly and said: "Captain, our second battalion has more troops, and the overall strength has indeed increased a lot. But now there are more people in the battalion, and there are many more management matters than before. It is really frustrating. People have headaches.
Not to mention the problem of equipping guns and ammunition, even eating is also a problem.
From the beginning of the raid to the seizures during this period, the rations originally obtained were enough for our second battalion to last for nearly a year, but now that the number of troops has suddenly increased, it may not be enough for half a year.
I went to Dong San from the Logistics Department to ask for food, but the guy kept pushing and refused to give me food. He said that food was distributed reasonably among all the battalions. If you are hungry after eating in advance, you can’t blame anyone else but you. If you have the ability, you can start a side job on your own. "
Hahaha--
Kong Jie couldn't help but laugh and said, "I think what Dong San said is right."
Shen Quan said helplessly: "Captain, although the strength of our second battalion has nearly doubled, there are far more troubles than before. As a battalion commander, I have a headache every day."
Kong Jile said: "Just this, you have a headache? You guys don't even think about how many new troops your second battalion has added, but what about our independent regiment, the newly expanded fourth battalion, plus Du Aiguo came with his surrender?" With these more than 500 puppet troops, in the blink of an eye, the strength of our independent regiment more than tripled.
As a battalion commander, how can you still have the headaches I have as a regimental commander?
Otherwise, do you think I would put such little thought into arguing with the brigade commander?
There are so many soldiers in our independent regiment, so many mouths open, and they are all waiting to eat! If I, the leader of the group, don't try to find ways to make more money, I will starve everyone to death sooner or later. "
Shen Quan said sincerely: "Captain, I understand when you say this. It's not easy for you!"
Kong Jie waved his hand and said: "Forget it, don't say these depressing words. It all depends on man-made things. We can't really starve to death in the base area. By the way, Shen Quan, it's still the previous topic. Dong San is right, your second battalion If your food rations are not enough, you can start some side business by yourself, you don’t need me to teach you, right?”
Who would have thought that Shen Quan's face would be full of bitterness after hearing this:
"Captain, don't mention it. Not to mention the area around our station, there is no oil or water within a radius of more than ten kilometers."
"No oil or water? What do you mean?" Kong Jie was confused.
Shen Quan said: "Commander, think about it, our independent regiment was so thorough in the raid not long ago. All the Japanese strongholds and gun towers in a large area around this station have been captured and looted by us. Not even a brick or tile is left.”
"Even the Japanese railroad tracks that passed through our guerrilla range were stripped away by us."
"Without the communication line, and during the raid, we made too much noise, and the Japs were probably in the shadows. The little Japs simply stopped wandering around our guerrilla zone, let alone the transportation team. Even half of them Even the devils can’t see it.”
"Tell me, under such circumstances, how can we engage in side business? If there is no side business, there will naturally be no oil and water. A few days ago, I led a company team and walked around the outside of the guerrilla zone. In the end, guess what? What’s the matter? We haven’t discovered even half of the Japanese strongholds, and we don’t have anywhere to start even if we want to start a side business. We can’t rush into the Japanese county and rob, right?”
After hearing this, Kong Jieren was dumbfounded. This situation was unexpected for him.
For the Independent Regiment, this little devil was the nutrient. As a result, all the nutrients in the Independent Regiment's station and even the surrounding guerrilla zones were exhausted. How could they survive next?
Chen Quan continued: "Captain, this is not only the case for our second battalion, but also for several other battalions. There is basically no profit and water around the battalion headquarters, including the guerrilla zone. "
"If this continues, we will either have to move our base, break up the team again, and survive in pieces, or we will have to rely on our own development to maintain our lives, or we will have to find a way to get a new side job, otherwise we will really not be able to support our current situation. Population of more than 2,000.”
After Shen Quan complained and left, Kong Jie was alone at the regiment headquarters thinking about countermeasures.
In fact, Shen Quan was right. All the oil and water in a large area around the station had been plundered by the independent group.
Just like a piece of land that is completely barren, how can it be possible to grow fertile crops?
Staying any longer is definitely not a long-term solution.
Soon, Kong Jie had an idea, his eyes became brighter and brighter, and then he slapped his thigh fiercely, finally making up his mind.
"Yes!"
Independent regiment station.
Kong Jie arrived at the cultivated farmland and looked at the half acre of potatoes that he had been looking forward to.
It is already November, and the weather in Shanxi is getting colder and colder. The potato seedlings have fully grown and look a little wilted from the cold weather.
Kong Jie found Uncle Zhao, who was responsible for planting half an acre of potatoes, and asked, "Uncle Zhao, how is the current situation of this half acre of potatoes?"
Uncle Zhao replied: "Don't worry, Captain Kong, these potatoes are growing well. Actually, if you count the days, if you really want to harvest them, you can harvest them now. In fact, I also want to see. The high-yielding potatoes you mentioned, these half How many kilograms can an acre produce?"
Kong Jie smiled and said: "Then why are you hesitating? Uncle Zhao, let's do it!"
"Really?"
Kong Jie nodded and said: "Well, the troops may change over time, and the station may also be adjusted. I have to harvest these potatoes in advance."
"good!"
Uncle Zhao was also looking forward to it, and then Kong Jie sent a company of soldiers over to help, harvesting the seeds with Uncle Zhao and his farming team.
Kong Jie repeatedly warned that when digging potatoes out of the soil, one must be careful not to damage the potato seeds.
The soldiers took the arsenal and dug carefully.
In the end, more than 300 square meters of land, more than 100 soldiers, and the farming team dug for more than an hour before they were all harvested.
As for the harvesting process, seeing the potatoes dug out of the land, each one larger than a fist, both the soldiers and the folks in the farming team had great surprises on their faces.
Unfortunately, the original mother and son of potatoes only weighed fifty kilograms, and even though the planting was relatively sparse, they only planted half an acre of land.
Even so, when everyone finally finished harvesting the potatoes and piled them together, everyone's faces were shocked when they looked at the mountains of potatoes.
Uncle Zhao and his party took sacks and scales non-stop to weigh them.
Finally, after more than an hour of busy work, everything was weighed. Uncle Zhao was shocked and said: "Captain Kong, you are right, these potatoes are so high-yielding. A mother and a child weighing 50 kilograms are only planted on half an acre of land. Uh. The potato harvest we harvested this time actually yielded more than 2,150 kilograms."
Hearing this, the soldiers who came to help were all surprised. In this era, there were no high-yield high-quality potatoes. One acre of potatoes could produce several hundred kilograms, which was considered good.
This is one of the reasons why people still starve to death despite so much cultivated land. Crop yields are too low.
The batch of potatoes in front of me are high-yielding, high-quality potatoes. Half an acre of land produces more than two thousand kilograms of potatoes. This is because the fertilization methods are limited during this period, and the nutrients absorbed by the potatoes are not up to standard.
Uncle Zhao held a handful of potatoes, hugged, kissed and almost cried with joy.
"With such high-yielding potatoes, no one will ever go hungry again!"
Then, with smiles on everyone's faces, all the more than 2,000 kilograms of harvested potatoes were transferred to the rice field, spread out, dried and dehumidified, and then bagged for storage.
Kong Jie told the logistics department to settle the wages for Uncle Zhao and his party according to the price originally negotiated with Uncle Zhao and others.
Afterwards, Kong Jie gave Uncle Zhao and his party two hundred kilograms of potatoes as mother and son.
Uncle Zhao was very grateful for this, and Kong Jie made an agreement with Uncle Zhao that the independent group's mother-and-son potatoes would be planted again, and Uncle Zhao would be asked to help.
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